How Is Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosed? There's no single test that can tell whether you havemultiple sclerosis(MS), so it may take some time and multiple doctor visits to get a diagnosis. Doctors use a combination of physical exams, medical history questions, imaging tests, and laboratory tests...
Comprehensive insights on the differences and similarities in treatment algorithms for physicians treating patients with MDS in and outside the United States. Please note: Since the filming of this program, luspatercept has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of lower-risk MDS in the ...
Can multiple myeloma be misdiagnosed? Is multiple myeloma an autoimmune disorder? What causes hypercalcemia in multiple myeloma? What are the symptoms of advanced multiple myeloma? What is the test for multiple myeloma? What is the difference between leukemia and multiple myeloma?
IVIg is another commonly used initial therapy that can raise the platelet counts rapidly in more than 80% of newly diagnosed ITP patients; however, it is relatively expensive and the response is usually transient [102]. A single-arm observational study suggested that bleeding severity, rather than...
RESULTS: There were seven cases of PEL diagnosed at our institutions. There was a high incidence of either prior chemoradiotherapy exposure or evolution from pre-existing myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) (71%). The leukaemic blasts frequently expressed glycophorin C (100%), CD117 (83%) and were ...
it's known as primary bone cancer. Primary bone cancer is rare and accounts for just 1 percent of all cancers diagnosed — about3,450 new casesare diagnosed each year. Bone cancer can be treated surgically or with chemotherapy, radiation therapy or cryosurgery (killing cancerous cells by freez...
I’ve seen patients who were diagnosed as triple-negative myelofibrosis, but what they really had was CML. So we must be certain with these patients. Another tricky diagnosis is myelodysplastic syndrome [MDS] with fibrosis. If the patient has no splenomegaly, a lot of cytopenias...
Auto-HSCT is the standard of care for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) patients, but age and general health should be considered; double autograft has been shown to be superior to one single autologous HSCT, immunomodulatory drugs and bortezomib before transplantation has led to their use as...
Hemoglobin is 10.1 g/dL, and IgM is 2.4 g/dL. The criteria to start therapy in newly diagnosed patients apply also in relapsing patients, but clinical judgment is important. For patients who relapse after a long remission after a rituximab-containing regimen (ie, at least 3 years, the ...
IVIg is another commonly used initial therapy that can raise the platelet counts rapidly in more than 80% of newly diagnosed ITP patients; however, it is relatively expensive and the response is usually transient [102]. A single-arm observational study suggested that bleeding severity, rather than...